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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Smyths, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smyths and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Smyths:
- 38.575903, -112.985346
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Smyths
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Smyths is near Millard County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Millard County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Smyths
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smyths ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Beaver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cook Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
- Cove Fort ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Eightmile Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eightmile Point is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Point
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Basin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Iron Basin is located in Millard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Basin
- Minersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Newhouse ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sulphurdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Thermo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thermo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermo
- Yellow Banks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Smyths to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Smyths to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Smyths once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Smyths and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Smyths to Beaver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,927 miles [12,757.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Smyths, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smyths) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Smyths to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smyths. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5759, Longitude: -112.9853 In this case, the coordinates for Smyths have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.562 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.056 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.533 degrees. |
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